The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-12
We Loved Florida More.
Crescent City Gazette.

Crescent City Gazette
1.-The NANCY pack of journalistic curs
that yelp at the Times UniOn's heels, 10
the way Mr.. c. Ii. Jones speaks of the
gentlemen of the Florida press who are
independent enough to disagree with
him and criticise his course. A little
less than a year ago Mr.. Jones was made
President of the National Press Associa-
ton. He is also President of the Florida
Press Association. BY the use of the
above epithet he has disgraced both
these positions, and shown that he has
no conception of the dignity of the po-
sition to which gentlemen of the press
elevated him. As editor of the leading
paper of Florida and as President of the
two associations named, MIR. Jones could
well afford to tIea: members of the press
gentlemanly. He has shown himself
capable of being blackguard.-Orldnd
Reporter.
Since Bro. Gore has publicly charged
Mr.. G.. III. Jones with dIsgracing his ofti-
cial position as President of the Florida
Press Association by the language
quoted, which is reprehenslble to say the
least, 1T is important the public should
know why he was reelected President
at the last session of the Association.
MIR. Jones conduct Is undoubtedly a
reflection upon the members who elected
him, for If he has disgraced his official
position those who voted for him are re-
sponslble and, perhaps. they deserve to
bear the disgrace his conduct has brought
upon them. AS one of the members
who voted for him, and acquainted with
the motives that actuated MANY mem-
beers in voting for him, no one Is more
competent than we To give the informa-
ton which the public Is now entitled to
| in explanation Why the Association re-
elected Jones it's presiding officer
A short time previous to the meeting
Of the Association Florida had been Wis
tied by an unprecedented freeze. and the
news had gone abroad that our lovely
| State had been "blOtted out of the I'm
ion; our vast orange groves killed by the
frost, and the State wrecked. These
| stories, although having but slight
| foundation in fact, were terrible blow
to the material interests Of Florida and
their disastrous work were being felt se-
verely, and We doubt not there was a
single editor in the State who did not
| worry his brain devising ways and means
| to counterfeit their damaging influence.
| The idea " as conceived to make an eA =
hibit of Florida fruit, orange twigs and
| blossoms, evergreen, etc, at the meet
| ny Of the Matte nal Press Association to
| convene in Cincinnati two weeks later
| than our State Association. This plan
| of refutatiOn was first contided to us and
| our assist tnce invoked to help carry II
| out It Was decided that the exhibit
should be made in the name of the Flor
lila Press Association, the protector be-
ing the proprietor of a State paper, and
| II WAS highly desirable that he should be
| a delegate to- Cincinnati to- superIntend
| the exhibit and see that it did not fail foI
| lack of attention. Jones was then ia
vorably disposed toward him, and it was
believed that he could get the desired ap
pOintment if Jones was reelected presi
| ident. In pursuance of this arrangement
the protector joined the Association and
| then went to work indefatigably to place
Jones in position to appoint him dele
gate.
The whole plot worked out charm
the desired delegates were appointed tC
Cincinnati, the exhibit WAS successfully
made and, with the National editorial
visit. furnished a more glorious refuta-
| ton than it's protector at first expected.
1t vas bitter pill for us to vote foI
| Jones reelection, even after we had
agreed to do SO, but we felt then, and we
feel now, that the end sought to- be ac
| complIshed justified us in our action
| although Jones is now plunging the
traitors dagger into the bosom of the
same Florida we were then trying to de
! fend, and has brought disgrace upon the
| heads of those W no stopped to do hin
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